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The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Texas at Austin that provides support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from departments all across campus. Our researchers' projects focus primarily on health disparities, religion and health, children and families, education and transitions to adulthood, and the demography of Latin America and the US border.
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REU Student, Evangeleen Pattison, Awarded Best Undergraduate Paper at 2009 SDA Meeting
Evangeleen Pattison, 2009 REU student, received the award for best undergraduate paper at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association (SDA), held recently in Galveston, Texas.
PRC Faculty Research Associate Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship
Dr. Kelley A. Crews (Geography & the Environment) has been awarded a Fulbright Faculty Fellowship for 2009–2010 for her project “The Ecology of Rural HIV/AIDS: Forecasting HIV/AIDS Vulnerable Landscapes and Populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.”
Socioeconomic Desegregation Alone is Not Effective in Improving Classroom Performance, Study Reveals
Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with predominantly middle- and upper-class student populations that might chip away at these achievement gains.
Moving Away Lowers Re-incarceration Risk for Parolees
Relocation substantially lowers the likelihood of re-incarceration for parolees, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin. Using the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina--which ravaged numerous neighborhoods throughout the Louisiana Gulf Coast-as a natural experiment, David Kirk, sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin, was able to examine how consequential a change of residence is to behavioral outcomes such as crime. His findings will be pub
